The Men Who Stare at Goats (movie)

Hany Abu-Assad should be used to the tension by now. The Palestinian director has shot most of his films ("Paradise Now," "Rana's Wedding") in a region known far more for its conflict than its cinema, and his story lines often take place in between tangles of barbed wire and crowded checkpoints.

But filming "Omar" on the West Bank and in his hometown of Nazareth almost proved too much — even for Abu-Assad.

"At the end of the shoot, I told everybody, 'I'm not going to make another movie,'" said the director. "The financing, the crew, the locations, problems with the authorities. I was done. It was that...

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Hany Abu-Assad should be used to the tension by now. The Palestinian director has shot most of his films ("Paradise Now," "Rana's Wedding") in a region known far more for its conflict than its cinema, and his story lines often take place in between...

There are two distinct images that open "Omar." One is a face; one is a wall.
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